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Momchil Petkov's chess openings

Peak rating 2499119 games

Momchil Petkov has 119 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Momchil Petkov most often opens with 1.d4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White59 games · +33 =17 −9 · 70%
As Black60 games · +21 =25 −14 · 56%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening53%
    31 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening37%
    22 games · scores 77% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%
    6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense70%
    21 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense30%
    9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 e6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense53%
    10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game47%
    9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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